Garden Streets

Office perks once were limited to a private cubicle and mediocre coffee in the break room. Nowadays, companies basically compete against each other to provide the coolest, best, and most useful office and company perks possible. Between biophilic design, death benefits, and barber shops, office perks vary wildly, but all benefit employees in some way. Let’s look at 5 great office perks that could (and should) become the norm in the near future. 1. Siemens: Office Plant Service Siemens is an automation company focused on automating technology to provide solutions to a number of problems and industries including medical diagnostics, healthcare equipment, and the energy sector. It’s no wonder they have a Boston office to be close to the minds of Harvard, MIT, BU, and others. In opening their new Boston office, they had a huge emphasis on creating a workspace that felt alive and brought their employees closer to nature. Thus, they hired a professional office plant service to cr...

Back in the day, offices were nothing to write home about. They were large rooms filled with cubicles, grey walls, and water bubblers. In the present day, though, cool office spaces are essentially the norm.  A large majority of employees ( about 87 percent ) want a workspace that’s focused on their wellbeing. For many that includes perks like fitness centers, interesting design, and other healthy additions to the space. As the home of MIT, Harvard, and many large tech companies, Boston and Cambridge have some of the coolest office spaces around. Combining the innovative tech with the younger employee pool leads to some seriously interesting and fun workspaces. Here are five of our favorites.  1. LogRocket LogRocket is a software & engineering start-up in the heart of Boston. This company embodies the true definition of a start-up. The employees are passionate, the work is fast-paced and innovative, and the company is growing faster than ever. As they to...

With just about 40,000 small businesses in Boston, this city is thriving with unique shops, retailers, and services. It’s unfortunate, though, that despite having a population of 52 percent women, only 35 percent of small businesses in Boston are owned by women. That’s why we wanted to create this article. Representation of minorities is so important in the business landscape, and we wanted to give a few awesome Boston business women a shoutout for all their awesome work! These four businesses we’re going over are just a few of the amazing female owned businesses in Boston and the Greater Boston area.  (Check out this site for a huge list of female owned businesses to check out.) Garden Streets - Jen Gouldstone Garden Streets is owned and operated by Jen Gouldstone. It's an interior landscape and plant service company that’s focused on biophilic design at home and the workplace. What is biophilic design , you might ask? Simply put, it’s a design concept. Specifical...